Fallsucht
[ˈfalˌzʊxt]
The verdict
“Fallsucht” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Umschreibung für Epilepsie
Corpus desk
Index DE-fallsucht · Fallsucht · German
Fallsucht · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Fallsucht |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfalˌzʊxt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Fallsucht“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Fallsucht is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfalˌzʊxt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Umschreibung für Epilepsie".
No misspelling variants are generated for Fallsucht in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Fallsucht, spelled F-A-L-L-S-U-C-H-T.
Definition
- 1Umschreibung für Epilepsie
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Fallsucht appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Unangenehme Krankheiten wie die Fallsucht wurden meistens euphemistisch umschrieben mit das ›schwere Gebrechen‹, der ›Jammer‹.“
„Erst sechs Tage nach meiner Abreise aus Warschau kam ich nach Lemberg, denn ich blieb unterwegs zwei Tage bei dem jungen Grafen Zamoyski, dem Ordynaten von Zamosk, der vierzigtausend Dukaten Rente und die Fallsucht hatte.“
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.